as an individualist, I think the Bible was written to me. I “forget” that the opening of the letter tells us it was written to a group of people: “Paul, Silas and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and Peace to you [plural]” (1 Thess 1:1). I grew up reading the letter as if Paul (an individual) were speaking to me (an individual).
